F-15 Strike Eagle
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Game Title:F-15 Strike Eagle
System:Nintendo NES
Players:1 Player
Genre:Flight Simulator/Shooter
Developer(s):Microprose
Release Date(s):1985
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F-15 Strike Eagle is an F-15 Strike Eagle combat flight simulator first released in 1985 by MicroProse.
The game itself is based on real life missions in which the F-15 flew. In the 70’s and early 80’s the plane was used during missions in the Middle East and Asia, where it was used to destroy both ground and air targets. U.S. Navy Carrier, the USS. Nimitz and flying against Libya and their Russian-built air force.
The game has an arcade mode and 3 difficulty levels and features 3 types of both enemy aircraft's and SAM's. While playing, you as the pilot have access to many tools available to modern pilots of the time including:
The game also included a system that allowed the player to earn special rewards, promotions, and various medals for their action in combat, and was one of the first games to give a player access to 'chaff' and flares. This game was also one of the first games to experiment with wire frame rotation, which was a big thing at the time. And the Verdict is...
These are the type of games that unfortunately do not mature with time, instead of being like a fine wine, it's more like a rotting potato!. Putting that to one-side, it's got straight-forward gameplay, ok sampled speech and varying difficulty levels, and the fact that it's actually based upon real life missions is awesome. In short this is a good game for its era. Today, it's not so good!. |